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Executive functions in adolescence: inferences from brain and behavior
Article first published online: 30 AUG 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00918.x
© 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Crone, E. A. (2009), Executive functions in adolescence: inferences from brain and behavior. Developmental Science, 12: 825–830. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00918.x
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- Issue published online: 14 OCT 2009
- Article first published online: 30 AUG 2009
- Received: 16 June 2009 Accepted: 27 June 2009
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Abstract
Despite the advances in understanding cognitive improvements in executive function in adolescence, much less is known about the influence of affective and social modulators on executive function and the biological underpinnings of these functions and sensitivities. Here, recent behavioral and neuroscientific studies are summarized that have used different approaches (cognition, emotion, individual differences and training) in the study of adolescent executive functions. The combination of these different approaches gives new insight into this complex transitional phase in life, and marks adolescence as not only a period of vulnerabilities, but also great opportunities in terms of training possibilities and interventions.